Johnny Clegg: The Final Journey to Play The Neptune This Fall

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following show going on sale: Johnny Clegg: The Final Journey with Special Guest: Jesse Clegg on November 1, 2017 at 8:00 PM at The Neptune. All ages show.

Price: $40.00 (not including fees). Seating is General Admission. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 23, 2017 at 10 AM online at Ticketmaster.com, in person at the Paramount box office, or may also be purchased by phone at 1-800-745-3000. For more information, visit STGPresents.org.

Political strife can inspire great art, and Johnny Clegg's internationally successful musical career represents that intersection of reality and creativity. The British-born, South African-raised Clegg has spent almost four decades writing and performing songs that reflect the topical and personal turmoil of life in his evolving homeland, pre- and post-apartheid. Clegg's new CD, Best, Live & Unplugged at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town (2014, Appleseed Recordings) showcases many of his most popular, powerful and universal songs. Drawn from the repertoire of his apartheid-defying integrated bands Juluka and Savuka, which built global followings in the '70s and '80s, and from Johnny's subsequent recordings as a solo artist, the September 2013 concert captured here presents these songs in an acoustic setting, although Johnny (vocals, guitar, melodica, concertina) is accompanied by four additional musicians. Clegg's fusion of Western instrumentation and traditional African rhythms (with some lyrics sung in Zulu) is intimate and infectious on these new arrangements of "Scatterlings of Africa," "Impi," "Cruel Crazy Beautiful World" and other Clegg standards. The oldest song on the disc, "Woza Africa," was originally recorded as a single in 1976 by Juluka. To listen to the CD is discover what influenced Paul Simon's Graceland.

Seattle Theatre Group's mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an integral part of our region's cultural identity while keeping three historic venues, The Paramount, Moore and Neptune, alive and vibrant. STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz, to comedy, concerts of all genres, speakers and family shows - at these three iconic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the Puget Sound region and in Portland, Oregon. STG is the 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization that operates the historic Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres in Seattle, Washington.